{"id":1068,"date":"2013-03-30T05:15:27","date_gmt":"2013-03-30T11:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hushbeck.com\/blog\/?p=1068"},"modified":"2013-03-31T06:52:19","modified_gmt":"2013-03-31T12:52:19","slug":"debate-3-the-role-of-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hushbeck.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/debate-3-the-role-of-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Debate 3:  The Role of Government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My publisher, <a href=\"https:\/\/energionpubs.com\/\">Energion<\/a>, has posted the\u00a03rd question in an ongoing debate between the more liberal author <a href=\"https:\/\/unsettledchristianity.com\/\">Joel Watts<\/a> and myself. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/energion.net\/2013\/03\/energion-political-debate-question-3\/\">3rd question is on the Role of\u00a0Government<\/a>. You can find <a href=\"https:\/\/energion.net\/2013\/03\/joel-watts-reply-3-role-of-government\/\">Joel Watts\u2019 answer here<\/a>. You can find <a href=\"https:\/\/energion.net\/2013\/03\/elgin-hushbeck-reply-3-role-of-government\/\">my answer here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My publisher, Energion, has posted the\u00a03rd question in an ongoing debate between the more liberal author Joel Watts and myself. The\u00a03rd question is on the Role of\u00a0Government. You can find Joel Watts\u2019 answer here. 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